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Ducken Club with oven fries

Here is a sandwich I’ve been wanting to replicate for a while now, it is based on a Rob Feenie designed club sandwich at Cactus Club. The Rob Feenie version uses roasted chicken and roasted duck, so to simplify things, we made ours with a grilled breast of chicken and added some fried duck prosciutto instead. The bread you make this sandwich with is just as important as the filling. Using a fruit and nut bread as we have here, adds lots of contrasting flavors to the chicken and duck meat. The sweetness and heartiness of the bread complements the salty duck prosciutto and savory chicken really well.

I made the bread we used here by following the Chad Robertson recipe as usual, and added nuts, fruit and zest in to the mix. You can also find a loaf of bread just like this at Terra Breads – it is called ‘pecan + fruit’ bread – and it will work just as well. The duck prosciutto is from Oyama meats in the Granville island market.

We made oven fries to serve alongside our sandwich, an idea we first saw on an episode of Rachel Ray. While nothing quite compares to true French fries, roasting them this way is a great substitution when you don’t feel like going through the process of deep frying – our apartment fills up so fast with the smell of fried oil so we tend to stick with this method most of the time.

Instructions / instrucciones

For the Pecan Fruit loaf I made my normal sourdough recipe and added 1 1/2 cups of dried fruit – a mix of raisins, currants, and dried cherries as well as 1 cup of pecans and the zest of one orange. I soaked the dried fruit in warm water for about 10 minutes to plump them up a bit before mixing into the dough. If you are following Chad’s recipe – this is done just before the dough begins the bulk fermentation. /La receta para el pan con fruta y nuéz es simple, primeramente hice mi receta de pa de masa fermentada y agregé 1 1/2 tazas de frutas secas – una mezcla de uvas pasas, grosellas y cerezas, también hay que agregar 1 taza de nueces (pacanas) y un poco de ralladura de naranja. Hay que remojar las frutas secas por diez minutos antes de agregarlas a la masa.

The first step is to soak the cut fries in ice cold water for about 15-20 minutes, drain the fries and soak once more in fresh cold water from the tap for a further few minutes. Draining and rinsing the potatoes will help release the starch in the potatoes – which will assist the fries in browning evenly. / El primer paso es colocar las papas ya cortadas en agua y remojar por 15-20 minutos, cambiar el agua y remojar las papas nuevamente por algunos minutos más. Esto ayudará a las papas a dorar mejor en el horno.

The second step comes after you drain the fries as they now must be dried completely. Spread the potatoes on a baking sheet lined with paper towels and use another paper towel to cover the fries, blotting them as needed to absorb any extra moisture. Let the potatoes sit for another 5 to 10 minutes to make sure they are really dried out. / Después de esto secar las papas completamente, dejar secar las papas en papel toalla por 5 a 10 minutos hasta que esten bien secas.

Toss the dry fries in a large bowl with 1-2 tbsps of olive oil, and some salt and pepper then distribute evenly over a cooling rack placed over a baking sheet lined with tinfoil. This is the third important step in making these fries – laying the fries over the cooling rack will allow the heat to circle around the fries and brown them evenly. / En un recipiente colocar las papas con 1 o 2 cucharadas de aceite de oliva, un poco de pimienta y sal también. Colocar las papas sobre una rejilla para enfriar y debajo una bandeja para hornear forrada de papel aluminio. Esto ayudará a que el calor circule simultaneamente para las papas y así cocinarlas uniformemente

Spread mayonaise on both slices of toasted bread, top each slice with a couple pieces of butter lettuce, top one side of the sandwich with a half breast of grilled chicken, top with crispy duck proscuitto then place both sides together, cut in half and Enjoy! / Colocar mayonesa en una rebanada de pan, agregar un poco de lechuga, luego colocar la pechuga de pollo y el prosciutto encima y colocar por última la otra rebanada de pan con un poco de mayonesa y lechuga y a disfrutar!